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WEATHER East Oregonian Page 2A REGIONAL CITIES Forecast THURSDAY TODAY Partly sunny; warmer in the p.m. Partly sunny and very warm 76° 55° 86° 59° FRIDAY SATURDAY Cooler; a heavy p.m. t-storm Mostly cloudy with a little rain PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 71° 44° 58° 42° 61° 40° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 90° 60° 82° 54° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 62° 67° 91° (1900) 45° 43° 27° (2006) PRECIPITATION 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date Trace Trace 0.06" 8.21" 4.35" 5.17" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday LOW 67° 69° 92° (1937) Trace Trace 0.08" 5.88" 2.98" 4.07" SUN AND MOON May 18 Bend 76/49 Burns 74/47 5:40 a.m. 8:05 p.m. 12:51 p.m. 2:26 a.m. New First May 25 June 1 Caldwell 75/48 Astoria Baker City Bend Brookings Burns Enterprise Eugene Heppner Hermiston John Day Klamath Falls La Grande Meacham Medford Newport North Bend Ontario Pasco Pendleton Portland Redmond Salem Spokane Ukiah Vancouver Walla Walla Yakima Hi 66 72 76 67 74 69 81 78 82 77 79 74 72 88 64 67 77 81 76 81 80 81 68 73 80 79 81 Lo 52 43 49 52 47 44 55 53 54 52 46 51 48 58 51 53 49 52 55 58 48 56 50 47 59 58 52 W pc pc s pc s pc pc pc pc pc s pc pc s pc pc s pc pc pc s pc pc pc pc pc pc NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Thu. Hi 62 78 81 63 80 76 81 84 90 82 82 81 80 87 59 62 85 89 86 82 85 82 81 81 83 88 86 Lo 51 49 51 50 51 53 51 55 60 57 50 59 56 55 49 51 57 59 59 54 50 53 58 52 54 65 57 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W sh s pc pc s s t pc pc pc pc s s t pc pc s pc pc t pc t s pc t s pc WORLD CITIES Today Hi 81 85 72 56 82 59 57 68 82 67 70 Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Lo 59 75 53 48 55 38 44 51 55 58 59 W pc t s c pc pc sh pc s pc pc Thu. Hi 80 85 72 59 80 51 65 68 79 70 70 Lo 51 75 52 47 54 35 45 49 59 56 60 W s t s c t c sh pc c pc pc WINDS Medford 88/58 PRECIPITATION May 10 John Day 77/52 Ontario 77/49 40° 43° 25° (1954) 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today Full Last Albany 81/55 Eugene 81/55 TEMPERATURE Yesterday Normals Records 67° 42° Spokane Wenatchee 68/50 74/56 Tacoma Moses 74/52 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 79/53 69/52 68/52 74/51 81/52 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 79/57 79/58 Lewiston 82/53 Astoria 75/53 66/52 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 81/58 Pendleton 69/44 The Dalles 82/54 76/55 82/58 La Grande Salem 74/51 81/56 Corvallis 83/56 HIGH 66° 44° Seattle 73/54 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 75° 47° Today SUNDAY Mostly cloudy and cooler Wednesday, May 3, 2017 Klamath Falls 79/46 (in mph) Today Thursday Boardman Pendleton SW 4-8 NW 4-8 NE 4-8 ESE 6-12 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. REGIONAL FORECAST Coastal Oregon: Partly sunny today. Warmer across the north; pleasant elsewhere. Eastern and Central Oregon: Partly sunny and nice today. Clear tonight. Eastern Washington: Times of sun and clouds today. Mainly clear tonight. Sunny to partly cloudy tomorrow. Cascades: Partly sunny and warmer today. Clear tonight. Western Washington: Clouds breaking for some sun today, except times of clouds and sun across the south. Northern California: Areas of low clouds early today; otherwise, sunny at the coast. Sunny elsewhere. 1 4 6 6 0-2, Low 3-5, Moderate 6-7, High; 8-10, Very High; 11+, Extreme The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num- ber, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2017 Didn’t receive your paper? Call 1-800-522-0255 before noon Tuesday through Friday or before 10 a.m. Saturday for same-day redelivery 211 S.E. 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Byers Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801. 1 8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. Subscriber services: For home delivery, vacation stops or delivery concerns: 1-800-522-0255 — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — 4 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Local home delivery Savings off cover price EZPay $14.50 41 percent 52 weeks $173.67 41 percent 26 weeks $91.86 38 percent 13 weeks $47.77 36 percent *EZ Pay = one-year rate with a monthly credit or debit card/check charge Single copy price: $1 Tuesday through Friday, $1.50 Saturday -10s -0s 0s showers t-storms 10s rain By PETER WONG Capital Bureau SALEM — Three new nominees were confirmed Tuesday to the state Environ- mental Quality Commission, but over opposition from Sen. Bill Hansell. Hansell, a Republican from Athena, said he opposed the new nominees because Democratic Gov. Kate Brown was unfair in firing three incumbent members. Two of those fired — Melinda Eden of Milton-Free- water and Colleen Johnson, a professor of economics at Eastern Oregon University and a former mayor of La Grande — are from north- east Oregon. The third was Morgan Rider from Portland. “What happened to them was wrong,” Hansell said during Senate debate. “I do not believe this is the Oregon we want, an Environmental Quality Commission which will have zero representation from outside the Interstate 5 corridor.” All five commission members voted in February to appoint Richard Whitman as permanent director of the Department of Environ- mental Quality. He had been acting director. When she fired three commission members and announced three replace- ments March 29, Brown said she disagreed with the appointment process, though not the result. “The governor should not fire commissioners because they are doing their jobs,” Hansell said. “Just because the person was different than who the governor wanted does not mean she should have the right to fire the majority of the commission.” The Senate confirmed the new nominees anyway. Molly Kile, a scientist at Oregon State University, was confirmed on a 16-13 vote along party lines. One Democrat, Betsy Johnson of Scappoose, was absent. The others won some Republican votes. Robert Wade Mosby of Lake Oswego, a retired forest products executive, was confirmed on a 19-10 vote. Kathleen George, a council member of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, was confirmed on a 24-5 vote. The EQC is one of the few remaining state boards that has authority to appoint the agency director, and Hansell said Brown should have honored that. “Let me be clear: By unilaterally firing the members of the commission who were confirmed by this Senate, the governor is violating the spirit of independent oversight,” Hansell said. “The board is meant to be independent, not political.” Corrections Stanfield Police Chief Byron Zumwalt clarified he referred to Hermiston police contacting him in March 2016 regarding the child pornography investigation of Jarvis Buck, 38, of Echo. The East Oregonian’s Tuesday story, “Child porn investigation took years to conclude,” reported Hermiston police informed Zumwalt in 2015 after receiving the first tip about Buck. The EO regrets the error and updated the story online. The East Oregonian works hard to be accurate and sincerely regrets any errors. 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Byers Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801 or email editor@eastoregonian.com. • To submit sports or outdoors information or tips: 541-966-0838 • sports@eastoregonian.com COMMERCIAL PRINTING Production Manager: Mike Jensen 541-215-0824 • mjensen@eastoregonian.com Tribe bets on casino plan in Oregon SALEM (AP) — A confederation of tribes in Oregon announced plans Tuesday to build a casino in the state capital, and draw in crowds of gamblers from Portland. The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon said they hope to open the 140,000 square foot entertainment, gaming and hotel facility in 2021 on reservation property on the northern end of Salem, and that they want to partner with other tribes. The Siletz would need approval from the governor for a casino. The initial reaction from Gov. Kate Brown’s office indicated the Siletz will have to hedge its bet by getting the other eight federally recognized tribes in Oregon on board — and some already have casinos or have their own plans. “To date, Gov. Brown has not received any proposal that enjoys comprehensive tribal support,” Bryan Hockaday, Brown’s press secretary, said in an email. “Should Gov. Brown receive such a proposal, the discus- sion would focus on whether the proposed casino would be in the best interest of the tribes, and of the people of Oregon.” The Siletz said they expect to create 1,500 full-time jobs the first year of operation of the casino, which the tribe wants to build near Interstate 5 on the north side of Salem. They project $185.4 million in gross revenue in the first year of operation. The tribe said it is working to expand tribal participation in the project. “We know that when Tribes come together with a shared mission, we achieve more for our community,” said Dee Pigsley, tribal council chairman of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, in a statement. On April 24, another tribe opened a casino near La Center, Washington, 25 miles north of Portland, causing traffic jams on I-5 as the parking lot quickly filled up. It is now the closest major gambling venue for residents of Oregon’s largest city. Oregon has a one casino per tribe policy. The Siletz has a casino in Lincoln City, on the coast, so it is doubly important it recruit other tribes as partners. Participating tribes would share 25 percent of the net revenues of the entertain- ment facility, according to a press release. And 25 percent of gaming revenues would be shared with state and local governments The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians is a confederation of all the tribes of western Oregon. In the 1800s Siletz ancestors were removed from their valley homelands and moved to the Siletz Reservation on the coast. LOCAL RESIDENTIAL | COMMERCIAL | INDUSTRIAL ENROLLING NOW FOR SPRING 2017 Woman who ran fake day care $250 fines for backyard receives eight more felonies pot growing in Medford MEDFORD (AP) — People in the southern Oregon city of Medford who violate a ban on growing marijuana in their backyards could face fines of $250 per day if they are caught, officials have said. The Mail Tribune reported Monday that Medford residents can still grow marijuana indoors or in greenhouses as long as the smell does not bother neighbors. Medford voters in November approved the ban after some residents complained about the smell of marijuana grown by their neighbors. Police will not search backyards for pot gardens but will respond to complaints about the gardens, city attorney Kevin McConnell said. Police plan to issue warnings before citing residents and officers will be able to get warrant to enter backyards to rip out the plants, McConnell said. 40s Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 104° in Palm Springs, Calif. Low 23° in Buena Vista, Colo. BRIEFLY BEND (AP) — An Oregon woman accused of running an illegal day care where she would leave the children unattended so she could go tanning has been indicted on eight new felony charges. The Bend Bulletin reports 31-year-old January Irene Neatherlin’s new charges top her previous 114 charges. Neatherlin received an additional bail, bringing her total to $750,000. The new charges allege Neatherlin’s conduct went on for years. Neatherlin’s attorney Matthew Baughman declined to protest the prosecution’s suggested bail amount. She had been arrested in March after police followed a tip that she was leaving young children in her home. Police then found Neatherlin at a tanning salon while seven children were left unattended at her home. flurries 30s National Summary: Severe storms will ramp up over Texas and the lower Mississippi Valley, while flooding continues farther north with a new burst of rain today. The Northeast will stay cool, while the West warms up. Copyright © 2017, EO Media Group Senate confirms three to state environmental panel 20s Sunthurst Energy, LLC Turning Sunlight to Savings Your Trusted Consultant & EPC PARTNER (310) 975-4732 sunthurstenergy.com OR CCB 201975
